Cognizant reviews

3.4

79% would recommend to a friend

(82,958 total reviews)
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Ravi Kumar S

93% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Cognizant has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 82,958 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cognizant employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informatique industry (3.7 stars).

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83K reviews
2.0
Dec 22, 2010
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

Decent pay Good people on the Team Chance to learn new technology Work from home 1 day a week

Cons

Upper management didn't care (VP level - hosting) Organization seemed out of touch, disorganized, in fact Pushed untested technology into production environment Negative management styles Favoritism from upper management, ignored proper channels of hiring people. Jobs going overseas

1.0
Dec 21, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

International Exposure Good pay package out of B-Schools Competent Technology Managers Relatively better quality of people in mid management

Cons

Promotions are difficult, if not impossible HQ centric and visibility based appraisal Very high rate of attrition Lack of Vision for Business Consulting Underpaid in onsite assignments Corrupt politics among senior managers

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